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Magnus Lindberg is one of Finland’s most important living composers. The differences between his piano works from the late 1970s and early 1980s and those composed in the early years of the 21st century, following a break of 12 years, can seem quite stark.

Whereas works such as Musik för Två Pianon (1976) and Klavierstück (1977) are based strictly on serial procedures, the emergence of a vibrant, more approachable and less extreme style can be heard in Jubilees (2000) and the two Etudes (2001/2004), which even share harmonic, textural and stylistic parallels with Chopin, Liszt, Debussy, Rachmaninov, Scriabin and Messiaen

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Magnus Lindberg: Music for 2 Pianos

Music for 2 Pianos

Magnus Lindberg: Klavierstuck

Klavierstuck

Magnus Lindberg: 3 Short Pieces

No. 1

No. 2

No. 3

Magnus Lindberg: Play I

Movement 1 - Routes 1 - Movement 2 - Prism 1 - Routes 2 - Movement 3

Figures and Points - Mirrors - Figures and Points

Movement 4 - Prism 2 - Routes 3 - Closure

Magnus Lindberg: Twine

Twine

Magnus Lindberg: Jubilees

I. quarter note = 96

II. quarter note = 64

III. quarter note = 128

IV. dotted quarter note = 64

V. quarter note = 162

VI. half note = 64

Magnus Lindberg: Etude No. 1

Etude No. 1

Magnus Lindberg: Etude No. 2

Etude No. 2

Reviews

January 2009

****

“Ralph van der Raat… provides impressive readings of all these highly contrasted pieces… His rhythmic precision, subtlety and alacrity of pedalling, and bravura despatch of the most difficult textures makes this an absorbing release.”

December 2008

“Ralph van Raat is admirably attuned to the music's intricate voicing and weighting, helped by a recording that gives the piano just the right amount of presence and space.”